Students in grades 10 and 11 have until Monday to apply for the Youth Apprenticeship Summer Program (YASP)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2026 06:00

    By Tonya Organ

    Manager Joshua Ivany says this is the fourth year for the program which has grown from four jobs on the Avalon to 107 today across the province, with about 30 available on the west coast.

    Grades 10 and 11 students have until Monday to apply for the Youth Apprenticeship Summer Program or YASP. It’s offered through SkillsCanadaNL and is a seven week summer employment for students to work in a skilled trade from the end of June to the middle of August. Manager Joshua Ivany says this is the fourth year for the program which has grown from four jobs on the Avalon to 107 today across the province, with about 30 available on the west coast. He says there are more than ten trades to choose from and some students have gone on to trade school. Ivany says these are good paying summer jobs and businesses that take part get most of the wage reimbursed to them. he says this year, the Department of Education has given approval for YASP students to gain two credits in Technology Education to go towards high school graduation requirements. Students can apply at www.yasp.ca and they will need a reference letter from a teacher. 

     

     

     

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